Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Session 5: Knowledge, Concepts, Skills and Action

The PYP curriculum is concept-driven and transdisciplinary

Knowledge is reflected in the Transdisciplinary Themes and Scope and Sequences. Knowledge is the significant, relevant subject matter we wish the students to explore and know about. The construction of knowledge requires skills.

Concepts

Use the 4As Protocol to reflect on Lynn Erickson's Stirring the Head, Heart and Soul. (Workbook pages 112 - 119)
Read the text silently, highlighting it and writing notes in the margin or on post-it notes to anwer the following 4 questions:

What Assumptions does the author of the text hold?

What do you agree with in the text?

What do you want to argue with in the text?

What parts of the text do you aspire to? to?

What we aspire to - sharing

What we can do - sharing

21st Century Skills
In groups brainstorm how PYP Approaches to Learning (Transdisciplinary Skills) align with ASB's 21st Century Skills: